#A00024

A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Brown.

About #A00024

When working with digital screens, the color #A00024 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Brown. Its digital footprint relies on 160 parts red, 0 parts green, and 36 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 100% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Contrast ratios determine whether this color is safe for typography. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A00024
RGB160, 0, 36
HSL346.5°, 100.0%, 31.4%
CMYK0%, 100%, 78%, 37%
HSV346.5°, 100.0%, 62.7%
LAB33.1, 57.3, 29.0
XYZ14.8, 7.6, 2.4
Decimal10485796

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

8.33:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.52:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
7.96:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.14:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A00024; }
.text-color { color: #A00024; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A00024; }

Similar Colors

Brown
#A52A2A